In pre-pandemic days, armchair travel was mostly associated with lame computer skills and awful-looking slides of the Egyptian pyramids. But…
Month: June 2021
MUMBAI, India — Filmmaker Karan Johar launched a foundation on June 18 in memory of his late father, Yash Johar. According to Johar,…
SINGAPORE — Recent vehicle purchasing incentives (such as a scrappage scheme) announced by the Indian government and high fuel prices in…
BRUSSELS — The United Kingdom and the European Union on June 21 imposed fresh sanctions on Myanmar state-owned entities and individuals related to…
LONDON — On the issue of Ahmadi Muslims being a frequent target of blasphemy laws in Pakistan, Knox Thames, a former U.S.…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — China Railway Construction Corporation, a Chinese firm based in Beijing working on a project in Nepal’s Sindhupalchok district,…
HARIDWAR, India — Investigations have revealed that a private agency accused of irregularities in Covid-19 tests during the recent ‘Kumbh Mela’…
HOBART, Australia — After a year off because of coronavirus, Hobart’s Dark Mofo nude winter solstice swim has returned to a nippy River…
CANBERRA, Australia — Environment Minister Sussan Ley is digging in on net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 despite the new deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce‘s opposition. “Net-zero…
BRISBANE, Australia — The Australian state of Queensland has recorded one new case of community transmission of Covid-19 linked to an…